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  2. Escape velocity - Wikipedia

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    For example, as the Earth's rotational velocity is 465 m/s at the equator, a rocket launched tangentially from the Earth's equator to the east requires an initial velocity of about 10.735 km/s relative to the moving surface at the point of launch to escape whereas a rocket launched tangentially from the Earth's equator to the west requires an ...

  3. Parabolic trajectory - Wikipedia

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    At any time the average speed from = is 1.5 times the current speed, i.e. 1.5 times the local escape velocity. To have t = 0 {\displaystyle t=0\!\,} at the surface, apply a time shift; for the Earth (and any other spherically symmetric body with the same average density) as central body this time shift is 6 minutes and 20 seconds; seven of ...

  4. Newton's cannonball - Wikipedia

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    At intermediate speeds, it will revolve around Earth along an elliptical orbit (C, D). Beyond the escape velocity , it will leave the Earth without returning (E). Newton's cannonball was a thought experiment Isaac Newton used to hypothesize that the force of gravity was universal, and it was the key force for planetary motion .

  5. Hyperbolic trajectory - Wikipedia

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    A radial hyperbolic trajectory is a non-periodic trajectory on a straight line where the relative speed of the two objects always exceeds the escape velocity. There are two cases: the bodies move away from each other or towards each other. This is a hyperbolic orbit with semi-minor axis = 0 and eccentricity = 1.

  6. Gravitational time dilation - Wikipedia

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    = is the escape velocity, and β e = v e / c {\displaystyle \beta _{e}=v_{e}/c} is the escape velocity, expressed as a fraction of the speed of light c. To illustrate then, without accounting for the effects of rotation, proximity to Earth's gravitational well will cause a clock on the planet's surface to accumulate around 0.0219 fewer seconds ...

  7. List of artificial objects leaving the Solar System - Wikipedia

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    In order to leave the Solar System, the probe needs to reach the local escape velocity. Escape velocity from the sun without the influence of Earth is 42.1 km/s. In order to reach this speed, it is highly advantageous to use as a boost the orbital speed of the Earth around the Sun, which is 29.78 km/s.

  8. Circular orbit - Wikipedia

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    (2 - red) away from Earth, (3 - grey) in the direction of travel, and (4 - black) backwards in the direction of travel. Dashed ellipses are orbits relative to Earth. Solid curves are perturbations relative to the satellite: in one orbit, (1) and (2) return to the satellite having made a clockwise loop on either side of the satellite.

  9. Characteristic energy - Wikipedia

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    But the maximal velocity on the new orbit could be approximated to 33.5 km/s by assuming that it reached practical "infinity" at 3.5 km/s and that such Earth-bound "infinity" also moves with Earth's orbital velocity of about 30 km/s. The InSight mission to Mars launched with a C 3 of 8.19 km 2 /s 2. [5]